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I consider myself a constant creative always in the pursuit of capturing life's moments in one art form or another.  Maybe it was the long, cold, Iowa winters that initially set me upon my artistic path. Bundled up and trapped inside, my bedroom window overlooked gray skies and snow covered fields; I craved the warmth of creativity. As soon as I learned to write and rhyme, my journals became filled with poems and art and observations. As I grew, so did my need to explore and expand upon how I shared my observations. The camera has always been a close assistant of mine, offering a means to capture moments in time. And these moments, which become memories, are bits of inspirational material that transition into my stories, whether,...